✦ LIBER ✦
Novel magnetic resonance imaging marker of diffuse myocardial fibrosis in hypertensive heart disease: the role of transcytolemmal water-exchange
✍ Scribed by Otavio R Coelho-Filho; Richard N Mitchell; Heitor Moreno; Raymond Kwong; Michael Jerosch-Herold
- Book ID
- 104499073
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6647
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✦ Synopsis
Transcytolemal water exchange and its effect on myocardial T1 relaxation can, if neglected, lead to a significant underestimate of the myocardial extracellular volume fraction, a novel marker of diffuse fibrosis.